I hosted a game night at my apartment two weeks ago. At one point, a group of eight of us sat down to play a rousing round of Cranium. Because I am one of those people who thinks she is naturally good at everything, I volunteered to be the artist for a challenge that would require me to draw something with my eyes closed. Why not tie one hand behind my back while I'm at it?, thought I. No biggie. I will rock this.
My clue: Ice fishing. The guesses (in chronological order): Ocean, drowning, hairnet, Macy's.
...I'm not a great artist.
I guess that fact in itself is entertaining. The challenge for me here will not only be in finding fourteen creative interpretations of the word "artistic," but also in actually doing something creatively artistic every day.* I've managed to work a number of other healthy habits into my regular weekly schedule (running, cooking, water-drinking,sexual activity**) but I rarely do anything to exercise my artistic muscles. Goodness knows I'm CREATIVE, but the word "artistic" sort of scares me.
My clue: Ice fishing. The guesses (in chronological order): Ocean, drowning, hairnet, Macy's.
...I'm not a great artist.
I guess that fact in itself is entertaining. The challenge for me here will not only be in finding fourteen creative interpretations of the word "artistic," but also in actually doing something creatively artistic every day.* I've managed to work a number of other healthy habits into my regular weekly schedule (running, cooking, water-drinking,
On day one I started out small. For those who have been paying attention, I am obsessed with Threadless.com. On day one, I submitted a few slogans into threadless's slogan contest. It was soooort of cheating, since I have previously submitted slogans, but I did create entirely new ones just for this tweeker. You can view/vote on them here.
I must say, I'm disappointed that two of my favorites have not fared better:
- "Let's get some internal validity up in this sample." (7% out of 44 votes?! Where mah researchers at??)
- "As a stoppage attempt is futile, you may aspire to contain me." (2% out of 42 votes)
Is my sense of humor that far above the masses? (Haha. I kid.) Man, do I love rejection!
I'm already plotting some new ideas for the rest of the tweek, including getting my guitar re-strung and learning a new ditty, revisiting my Yale "Daily Themes" writing assignments, submitting an actual T-shirt design to threadless, and HAIKU THURSDAYS!
I may also use this tweek as an excuse to start taking banjo lessons. I cannot tell you how much I want to learn the banjo. As my artistic act for today, I created a visual rendering of my future as a banjo player:
Note the piece of chewing straw and the "straw hat."
This is the level of quality you can come to expect from my artistic endeavors over the next two weeks. GET EXCITED!
* Would making a particularly genius poker play count as art?
** Ha ha, that was just for comic effect. TOTALLY kidding, mom. And grandma. ...And senior co-workers.
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Post a commentI'm totally in for Haiku Thursdays.
the plan is to write all of the personal emails i send out on thursdays in the form of haikus.
are you that XXtreme?!